Author: United States House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
House Documents
Author: United States House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
House Documents
Author: USA House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs
Author: United States. Dept. of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Report from the Secretary of the Treasury Communicating the Annual Statement of the Commerce and Navigation of the United States
Author: USA Treasury DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Annual Report of the Quartermaster-general to the Secretary of War ...
Author: United States. Quartermaster's DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Accounts and Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Coal and Empire
Author: Peter A. ShulmanPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421417073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
The fascinating history of how coal-based energy became entangled with American security. Since the early twentieth century, Americans have associated oil with national security. From World War I to American involvement in the Middle East, this connection has seemed a self-evident truth. But, as Peter A. Shulman argues, Americans had to learn to think about the geopolitics of energy in terms of security, and they did so beginning in the nineteenth century: the age of coal. Coal and Empire insightfully weaves together pivotal moments in the history of science and technology by linking coal and steam to the realms of foreign relations, navy logistics, and American politics. Long before oil, coal allowed Americans to rethink the place of the United States in the world. Shulman explores how the development of coal-fired oceangoing steam power in the 1840s created new questions, opportunities, and problems for U.S. foreign relations and naval strategy. The search for coal, for example, helped take Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in the 1850s. It facilitated Abraham Lincoln's pursuit of black colonization in 1860s Panama. After the Civil War, it led Americans to debate whether a need for coaling stations required the construction of a global empire. Until 1898, however, Americans preferred to answer the questions posed by coal with new technologies rather than new territories. Afterward, the establishment of America's string of island outposts created an entirely different demand for coal to secure the country's new colonial borders, a process that paved the way for how Americans incorporated oil into their strategic thought. By exploring how the security dimensions of energy were not intrinsically linked to a particular source of power but rather to political choices about America's role in the world, Shulman ultimately suggests that contemporary global struggles over energy will never disappear, even if oil is someday displaced by alternative sources of power.
The International Civil Service
Author: Norman A. GrahamPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483147991
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The International Civil Service: Changing Role and Concepts focuses on the roles and concepts of international civil service and suggestions of possible directions for international administration. The manuscript first offers information on the changing concepts of international civil service, including the traditional view and conflicting concepts of an international civil service. The selection then takes a look at recruitment and United Nations system. Recruitment policy relative to programs and budget planning and elements of recruitment policy and personnel policy are also discussed. The recruitment policies of the International Labor Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, and International Telecommunications Union are presented. The book examines career development in the United Nations system, including areas for potential interagency cooperation or system-wide programs and provisions on an improved career development system. The text also underscores the involvement of women in international civil service. The selection is a valuable reference for readers interested in international civil service.
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior
Author: United States. Bureau of Indian AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description